When you buy a computer today, it often comes with a range of third
party software, pre-loaded for your ‘convenience’. Sometimes it’s
useful – such as a pre-loaded Internet security suite with a 15 month
subscription, other times it’s useless demo software that’s just taking
up space and must be manually uninstalled. Why do companies do this,
and why did Sony decide to charge money to take the ‘unwanted’ software
away?

Sounding like something that Han Solo was dipped into, Carbonite is a
simple online backup service that promises to just work for XP and
Vista PCs, and it’s just landed on Australian shores – without Darth
Vader or Lando Calrissian getting in the way.